In 2002, my son was born 9 weeks premature. He spent 5 weeks in the neonatal intensive care unit at Hamot where he received world class treatment, which I know helped him survive his early birth and other medical issues.

He also received a surfactant treatment to help his tiny lungs develop – technology that was developed thanks to funds from the March of Dimes. So basically, the work the March of Dimes does saves lives, including the life of my son.

As you can tell, this is a cause that is very important to me. For the last few years, I’ve been participating in their annual March for Babies event to help raise funds to ensure that future babies will be helped.

In 2007, I raised the most of any individual walker in Crawford County, and in 2008, my family was honored to be the Ambassador Family for the walk. It was a great honor and we were very excited to be part of the event. Our team, the LolCatz, was also the top non-corporate team last year.

So, I’m asking for your help this year. I know as much as anyone that times are tight for everyone, and that many causes are asking for your help right now. I hope you’ll support me – if even a small amount of people who read this website every day gave $2 or $3, we’d raise a ton of money to help fund new and promising research.

So, please, I’m asking for your support. You can give securely and safely by clicking on the banner above or by clicking this link.

Thank you so much!

Prematurity = stunned.